Stefano Utoikamanu #241

[Flippedy]

Lol Sporting News article on Facebook rated Steph 7.5 saying he had a great game 😂 Pretty sure they only based it on his first big hit up, he did squat after that. Only gave Luai a 5 whilst acknowledging he was the main link to sparking NSW’s second half comeback - go figure.

 

[Nathser]

Lol Sporting News article on Facebook rated Steph 7.5 saying he had a great game 😂 Pretty sure they only based it on his first big hit up, he did squat after that. Only gave Luai a 5 whilst acknowledging he was the main link to sparking NSW’s second half comeback - go figure.

No way haha, even the moley gave him a 3 and said this at least:

'Looked out of his depth with just five carries for 41 metres - will be the first man dropped for Sydney. Should not have been there on form.'

 

[Flippedy]

No way haha, even the moley gave him a 3 and said this at least:

'Looked out of his depth with just five carries for 41 metres - will be the first man dropped for Sydney. Should not have been there on form.'

Yep 3 is more like it

 

[Buttface]

Lol Sporting News article on Facebook rated Steph 7.5 saying he had a great game 😂 Pretty sure they only based it on his first big hit up, he did squat after that. Only gave Luai a 5 whilst acknowledging he was the main link to sparking NSW’s second half comeback - go figure.

That mole DH gave Mighty Boy 3.5 and said he’d be first dropped.
Gave JL 7.5 and credit him for the 2nd half comeback while giving Cleary 5.
It looked to me that Cleary wasn’t fit enough carrying that leg injury.

 

[clontarfkid]

Lol Sporting News article on Facebook rated Steph 7.5 saying he had a great game 😂 Pretty sure they only based it on his first big hit up, he did squat after that. Only gave Luai a 5 whilst acknowledging he was the main link to sparking NSW’s second half comeback - go figure.

Those ratings were meaningless,driven by agendas as is most things in this game

 

[Buttface]

Those ratings were meaningless,driven by agendas as is most things in this game

All depends who you write for.
And I don’t just mean their employer.

 

[clontarfkid]

Said it a cple of weeks ago..I dont think Stephano has improved at all under Bellamy
Still lazy..lacks lateral movement only runs hard whe he sees a 9 0 a 7 in front of him
May is better than both Stef and King,who is just a club player as well

 

[hank37w]

That mole DH gave Mighty Boy 3.5 and said he’d be first dropped.
Gave JL 7.5 and credit him for the 2nd half comeback while giving Cleary 5.
It looked to me that Cleary wasn’t fit enough carrying that leg injury.

3.5, how can they rate him so highly?

Sick of these Journos pumping up the tyres of ex Tigers duds like Stefano and "The Galvinator." 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

[hank37w]

Said it a cple of weeks ago..I dont think Stephano has improved at all under Bellamy
Still lazy..lackd lateral movenent.and only rns hard whe he sees a 9 07 in front of him
May better than both him and King,who is just a club player as well

Honestly don't know how Terrell would go in the Origin arena, but one thing you do know is that the effort would be there and you would also have the option of playing him as an impact player for shorter minutes or as a steady long minutes player providing more interchange options for the coaching staff, or at least for ones who have some sort of a clue.

 

[Flippedy]

That mole DH gave Mighty Boy 3.5 and said he’d be first dropped.
Gave JL 7.5 and credit him for the 2nd half comeback while giving Cleary 5.
It looked to me that Cleary wasn’t fit enough carrying that leg injury.

Don’t usually agree with the Mole but that is a much better assessment, at least of those players.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

He should be up to payne hass levels by now the way the media talked up the move to Melbourne as being the move that would make him top echelon

Stef will never be top shelf, mark my words. You can see it in his eyes, soft passive eyes!

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Stef will never be top shelf, mark my words. You can see it in his eyes, soft passive eyes!

You mean the look in the eyes you get when the purring starts when stroking a pussycat.

 

[watersider]

Said it a cple of weeks ago..I dont think Stephano has improved at all under Bellamy
Still lazy..lacks lateral movement only runs hard whe he sees a 9 0 a 7 in front of him
May is better than both Stef and King,who is just a club player as well

Yeah, and what is even more surprising is that he's producing this mediocre form in mostly dominant displays by the Melbourne team where they have the momentum. He at least looked like he was top shelf on the rare occasion we weren't being dominated at the Tigers, and you'd expect that just being in a better team (ignoring coaching) would lift his performance....but nope.

 

[Bellend]

Who cares really??

 

[magpies forever]

Said it a cple of weeks ago..I dont think Stephano has improved at all under Bellamy
Still lazy..lacks lateral movement only runs hard whe he sees a 9 0 a 7 in front of him
May is better than both Stef and King,who is just a club player as well

Agree, I think Ute has plateaued at average whereas Blore has gone to next level at Storm.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

And the amount of media articles hyping this guy up as if it was some big come back after all the improvement he attained from the Storm system and that he wouldn’t have been recalled if he stayed at Tigers just makes this all the more funnier.

This guy is probably above average when he wants to be but nowhere near the level of Origin. He’s not built for this arena and should not be selected ever again. Terrell May has had a minimum of 10 high quality games already this season. I don’t know if Utoikamanu has the same amount of quality games in his whole career.

Terrell has already played more games at a higher level in half of a season than Stefano did in his entire time with us. Stefano had like 5 good games for us.

 

[Dr_Ice]

Agree, I think Ute has plateaued at average whereas Blore has gone to next level at Storm.

I don’t think Blore has been that good at the Storm. Sure, would be an improvement on some of our current backrow options but still not great.

 

[Buttface]

Don’t usually agree with the Mole but that is a much better assessment, at least of those players.

Yeah, I don’t usually click on the mole anymore, but it had something about “first man dropped” and I knew it was mighty boy.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

Boy the club really dodged a bullet and found a gold nugget with Stefano knocking back the WT offer of $800k a year whilst picking up Terrell. If Stefano had played like Terrell we might not have seen the WT getting 3 wooden spoons.

Maybe Laurie Daley will get over his West Tigers suck attitude and get May who'd play for 60-80 mins to Homebush for game 3 and really deliver what Stefano can't or won't! If Bellamy can't get the best out of him, no one can.

 

[happy_tiger]

Who cares really??

People need to move on from Stef .....ancient history now